Portland of Welbeck (2 Deposit): Deeds and Estate Papers

This collection largely consists of 16 and 17 century deeds, leases, and estate records relating to Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, with a few items from other counties. They are additional to those in the Portland of Welbeck 1st Deposit (DD/P) in Nottinghamshire Archives and contain similar material. There are records of the 17 century administration of Sherwood Forest in north Nottinghamshire, including further copies of medieval perambulations (27/6-8), and a detailed survey of the deer in 1708 (27/66-67). Contemporary records of the industrial development of this area include further records of iron furnaces or forges at Carburton (28/16-20), Clipstone (28/43-46), and Kirkby in Ashfield (28/212-213; 28/250) in Nottinghamshire as well as Barlow (28/466-73) in Derbyshire. In addition there is a detailed lease of a colliery at Jesmond near Newcastle on Tyne in 1699 (28/493), and a lease of Field Mill at Mansfield to a partnership of Nottingham hosiers for conversion to a cotton mill in 1788 (28/318-319).

A few documents (eg. 15/1) record the sale of Derbyshire property newly acquired by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s; this had been formerly owned by Sir Anthony Babington of Dethick, executed for his part in the 'Babington Plot' to overthrow Queen Elizabeth in 1586, and subsequently granted by her to Raleigh.

Note that items with reference numbers in square brackets have been transferred and recatalogued with related documents in later deposits, chiefly DD/4P, and will no longer be located with their DD/2P references.

Content Summary:

TITLE DEEDS

Nottinghamshire

DD/2P/1/1-28

Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Annesley

1345-1638

DD/2P/2/1-4

Awsworth and Greasley, also Tansley (Derbys)

1589-?1662

DD/2P/3/1-18

Cotham and Flawborough, etc.

1569-1709

DD/2P/4/1-8

Edwinstowe and Carburton

1631-1704

DD/2P/5/1

Hickling

1714

DD/2P/6/1-4

Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse, and Sutton-in-Ashfield

1583-1795

DD/2P/7/1-15

Norton Cuckney and Welbeck

1571-1676

DD/2P/8/1-6

Sibthorpe, Screveton, Shelton, Flintham and Car Colston

1596-1700

DD/2P/9/1-5

Sookholme

1593-1596

DD/2P/10/1

Sutton on Trent

1665

DD/2P/11/1-4

Walesby

1506-1597

DD/2P/12/1

Workshop

1576

Derbyshire

DD/2P/13/1-2

Linare

1624-1628

DD/2P/14/1-2

Chesterfield

1531 1631

DD/2P/15/1

Litchurch

1587

DD/2P/16/1-4

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire: various

1469-1741

Other Counties

DD/2P/17/1

Somerset: Portbury

1543

DD/2P/18/1-3

Yorkshire: Hovingham

1593-1594

SETTLEMENTS

Barley, Cavendish, and Shrewsbury Families

DD/2P/19/1

Various

1592

DD/2P/20/1-10

Various

1637-c 1640

DD/2P/22/1-10

Various

c 1660-c 1700

Civil War and Aftermath

DD/2P/21/1-2

Nottinghamshire: Dunham

1632-1655

Holles and Harley Families

DD/2P/23/1-13

Settlements

1685-1727

LEGAL PAPERS

Nottinghamshire

DD/4P/18/24

Car Colston

c 1682

DD/2P/24/2-3

Clipstone

c 1665-1680

DD/2P/24/4-9

Kirkby in Ashfield

c 1663-1687

DD/2P/24/10

Mansfield Woodhouse

17/18 cent

DD/2P/24/11-26

Sutton in Ashfield

1658-1852

DD/2P/24/27-38

Sibthorpe

1660-1677

DD/2P/24/39-48

Sookholme

1729-1762

DD/2P/24/49-52

Warsop

1735-1754

DD/2P/24/53-57

Worksop

1664-c 18 cent

Derbyshire

DD/2P/24/59-61

Barley, Newcastle v. Clayton

1664 & n d

DD/2P/24/62

Chesterfield: claims to Manor and Borough

1683

Various Properties

DD/2P/24/63-71

Oliver, Killingworth (Northumberland) v. Newcastle

1663-1675

DD/2P/24/72

Newcastle v. George Wakeford and others

c. 1670

DD/2P/24/73

Andrew Clayton v. Newcastle

c. 1668

DD/2P/24/74

Newcastle v. Michael Heathcote and Andrew Morewood

1677

Settlement Disputes

DD/2P/24/75-84

Succession of Holles, Duke of Newcastle

1680-1692

DD/2P/24/85-91

Death of Holles, Duke of Newcastle

1690-1715

Legal Papers and Miscellaneous

DD/2P/24/92-99

Miscellaneous

1674-1675

ENCLOSURE

DD/2P/25/1

Farnsfield

1777

DD/2P/25/2-14

Gringley and Misterton

1775-1796

DD/2P/25/15

Warsop

1818

DD/2P/25/16

Willoughby-on-the-Wolds

1780

DD/2P/25/17, 18

Worksop

1781-1784

DD/2P/25/19, 20

Ashover (Derbys.)

1776-1779

DD/2P/25/21

Hasland (Derbys.)

1779

MISCELLANEOUS TITLE PAPERS

DD/2P/26/1

Hawton

1540

SHERWOOD FOREST

DD/2P/27/1-5

Officers

1666-1711

DD/2P/27/6-10, 23a

Perambulations

1226-1538

DD/2P/27/11-19

Royal and other licences and grants, including Thoresby Park

1641-1713

DD/2P/27/20

Petitions of Inhabitants

1717

DD/2P/27/21-26

Commonwealth Period

c. 1655-1658

DD/2P/27/27-29

Attorney General v. Sir Charles Cavendish and others

1611-c. 1613

DD/2P/27/30-43

No Mans Wood

1556-c. 1700

DD/2P/27/44-50

Land between Worksop and Welbeck Parks

c. 1600-1666

DD/2P/27/51-57

Misc. Legal Documents

c. 1639-late 18 century

DD/2P/27/58-65

Misc. Documents

c. 1650-1707

DD/2P/27/66-67

Administration: Deer

1708

LEASES

Nottinghamshire

DD/2P/28/1

Alverton and Kilvington

1766

DD/2P/28/2, 2a

Annesley Woodhouse, Kirkby

1709, 1582

DD/2P/28/3

Askham

c. 1670

DD/2P/28/4-8

Awsworth

1634

DD/2P/28/9

Bingham

1659

DD/2P/28/10

Bulwell

1768

DD/2P/28/11-12

Calverton, Salterford

1709-1717

DD/2P/28/21-31

Carburton and Carburton forge

1630-1753

DD/2P/28/32

Carlton-on-Trent

1597

DD/2P/28/33-78

Clipstone and Clipstone forge

1632-1721

DD/2P/28/79-103

Cotham

1560-1769

DD/2P/28/104, 105

Dunham, ferry and meadows

1632

DD/2P/28/106

East Markham tithes

1708

DD/2P/28/107-115

Edwinstowe and mill

1632-1677

DD/2P/28/116, 117, 117a, 117b

Elkesley, Haughton deer park and Normanton Grange

1669, 1705-1710

DD/2P/28/118, 119 119a

Flawborough

1630, 1616

DD/2P/28/120-122

Flintham

1615-1634

DD/2P/28/123

Fullwood

1684

DD/2P/28/124

Gunthorpe

1676

DD/2P/28/125-131

Hardwick

1583-1706

DD/2P/28/132-144

Hucknall Torkard

1707-1780

DD/2P/28/145

Kingston on Soar

1586

DD/2P/28/146-273

Kirkby in Ashfield and Kirkby forge, etc.

1587-1715

DD/2P/28/274

Laxton

1689

DD/2P/28/275-325

Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse

1666-1795

DD/2P/28/326, 327

Newthorpe

1634

DD/2P/28/328-330

Newton (Shelford)

1662-1676

DD/2P/28/331-366

Norton Cuckney

1583-1743

DD/2P/28/367-369

Nottingham

1686-1707

DD/2P/28/370

Ollerton

1724

DD/2P/28/371-393

Sibthorpe

1610-1659

DD/2P/28/394-395

Skegby

1697-1698

DD/2P/28/396-435

Sookholme

1587-1778

DD/2P/28/436

Sutton-in-Ashfield

1630

DD/2P/28/437

Sutton-cum-Lound

1733

DD/2P/28/438

Sutton-on-Trent

1633

DD/2P/28/439-445

Warsop

1631-1771

DD/2P/28/446-455

Welbeck

1581-1735

DD/2P/28/456

West Markham

1707

DD/2P/28/457-464

Worksop

1598-1746

Derbyshire

DD/2P/28/465-473

Barlow

1616-1703

DD/2P/28/474

Barmoor with Peak Forest

1689

DD/2P/28/475-476

Bolsover

1777

DD/2P/28/479

Brampton Moor

1769

DD/2P/28/480

Chesterfield

1721

DD/2P/28/481-483

Clowne

1776-c.1779

DD/2P/28/484-486

Eyam and Grindleford

1640

DD/2P/28/487

Hope (with Fairfield and Barnes)

1596

DD/2P/28/488

Staveley

1777

DD/2P/28/489

Sawley

1626

DD/2P/28/490-491

Stoney Middleton

1640

DD/2P/28/492

Stoke (? in Peak)

1670

Other Counties

DD/2P/28/493

Northumberland: Newcastle-on-Tyne

1699

DD/2P/28/494

Suffolk: Lavenham

1647

<span class="wrapper"><p>Related Collections also in Nottinghamshire Archives:</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/3P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/4P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/5P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/6P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/7P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/P/CD)</p> <p>Related Collections elsewhere:</p> <p>Further records of the Dukes of Portland can be found in the University of Nottingham Library, the British Library, and other repositories listed in the National Register of Archives.</p></span>

• <famname>Cavendish family, Dukes of Newcastle upon Tyne</famname>
• <famname>Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland</famname>
• <famname>Bentinck, Cavendish-, family, Dukes of Portland</famname>

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The records were held in the Estate Office at Welbeck Abbey until their deposit in the Nottinghamshire Records Office (now Nottinghamshire Archives) in 1950 and 1953 (Accessions 12 and 147).

These documents relate to estates developed from the nucleus originally built up by Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury ('Bess of Hardwick') in the late 16 century, and passed down to Sir Charles Cavendish (her son by her third husband) and then to his son Sir William Cavendish, subsequently Earl and 1 Duke of Newcastle. The estates were further augmented by marriages into the Holles family (Earls of Clare) and the Harley family (Earls of Oxford), and eventually inherited by the Dukes of Portland.